The Sun. — London, England, 1826-12-12 00:00:00

•,1 :14 4 1,,,A %ti ?t eolfidentli aritieipated. An Address is to be Moved in both Houses to-night, when an explanation of the mecum stanceS,WlHch led to this very importaat event will be giien, Mr. Canniq said, 'a knowledge of the absolute' case, on which the Message MS prepared, had not arrived in this country before Friday night. ' Already 5000 men have been, sent to Portugal; and this step has been taken, it is alleged,' in complete concurrence not merely with Frecee, but with. Austria, Russia, Prussia, Arc. We learn that en order, bag been issued from the Horse Guards, ler the 'groblirkatiou of six Regiments for Lisbon. This is certainly a curious state of things. France, commissioned bsethe Holy Alliance, ente.ted Spain to restore Ferdinand to abSoltite power, 'and she now garrisons that country. Eagland, it' appears, is now authorised by the Holy Alliance, and by France, the power which occupies Spain, to make war on that country. France is thus certainly Placed in a very strange position. She acts us conjunc tion with the Power declaring war against the .Govern meat Which she established and upholds= by her arms. This is casting out Devils by Beelzebub, the Prince of Devils. That the measure will be popular, we have no doubt. When was ever a war deelered, in England, which wilts riot perks at the time? War, in this country, furnishes initorshate excitement, without immediate danger; and ttit s lY do We, as a tuition, love strong excitement. To the ).:;Mtibitauts on the Rhine, the Po, and the Elbe, the ans *.eouncement of war carries instantaneous alarm and appre hension ; for it prepare them for military ravages and de solution—the interruption of industry---and melancholy revere 4 of forturies But we can never know' the alarm inepired by the approach of hoitile troops; we lookwith that Sort of complacency on the conflicts of armies, which the Latin Poet attributes to the spectator on shore, who beholds a ship tossed about in a storm. Our insular position, our resources, and our naval strength, protect Os Trains all that is distressing in war itself, though they ftrinot protect us from the consequences which it entails on Mi. Now Mr. Canning is no doubt a very clever man, and the nation haw great confidence in the skill of his combinations. It is possible, therefore, that the present hostile demonstration will have the effect of in timidating Ferdinand, and at once crushing the Porte geese malcontents. The return of the fugitives from Is • ...spans may also afford a colourable pretext for our interfe rence in the domestic affairs of Portugal, which, if the re bels had never quitted Portugal, we should not have had. All may be for the best.. But the expectations of those enter on a war are seldom realized. The Spaniards, too, are a singular people--and of all nations their movements are least to be calculated on according to ordinary principles. ' Do we then say that Ministers ought not to support our ancient ? We do not say this; but we wish sincerely we had not always such excellent reasons for going to, war. Let it be remembered that we began the last war in support of an.aucient ally, and Statesmen of high' name have not hesitated to state in their place in Parliament, that we should compound for the debt which it entailed on us. Our Revenue has fallen off, and the nation is suffering in all its interestsS Our support of another treeing ally, our fidelity to engagements, may teed to hilidelit.y to another sort of engagements. It wereto ire wished that we had fewer allies. That Mr. Canning, however, will obtain the plaudits of the House, and of the country too, we do not in the least doubt. We shall have noble sentiments, at all events, for our money. Who would think of the. Multitudes dying of absolute famine in Leucite shire and Scotland, when the national glory is at stake ? Au ingenious foreign writer observes, that war is always a resource for English Ministers when they know not bow to extricate themselves from difficulties. " Whenever the political system is threatened, an able Minister has always a powerful resource in reserve, of which, in momenta of difficulty, he never fails to , avail himself—that of a diver sion offered to the national pride in external quarrels end foreign ware—Morning (Aron*. Witft wrist Scots.---Tate proceedings iii Parliament last slight were of the highest importa»ce. The Message froth his Majesty; presented to both -flon4es, will malice in every bosom throughout the empire sentiments corre spondaic with those which it so forcibly expresses. True to that spirit of moderation without which the possession of irresistible power would but render any Government a curse among the 'nations of the earth—firm its that steady and noble magnanimity which is the 'proper mirth and at tribilte of meavalted greatness--the Government of Great Britain has been anxious to avert a crisis, which, now that it has arrived, eau only add to her true glory, give a new stability to the regenerated Government of her old and faithful Ally, arid plunge the foe, who hits dared to prow yoke, her just resentment, into still deeper humiliatioe and disgrace. But moderation and magnanimity bevy their just and necessary limits, and the conduct of Spain has at length • etmtpelled England once. more to show to the *odd, that she can be terrible in her anger towyds those who presume too far upon her forbearance ; that she will be invariably true to her own honour, and . that she will never disregard the claims of. any othet Power that has acquired aright to her protee- We ventured toaay no longer ago than Friday last, that Pot tugal would not find in England that treacherous. Ally, who,. sifter having beguiled her into the ;assumption Doliticel freedom at the hazard of national independence could meanly seek to keep aloof front the struggle, and that. Portugal, though the Ally.of England, and inferior to Eng land,in -power, was, yet a sovereign and independent State, and was therefore the only proper judge of the time, the, • eirceniatenees, end the Manner in which she mightpeeive without degradation, foreign assistance against her own,' rebellioes subjects on their abettors. This was our page on Friday last, and we now find that it is in eosist quenee rif the earnest application of the Princess Regent, of Portugal---air appliCt4lon not, received as We leer n from, tiecrctary Canning; before Friday night, elanning his Najetty's aid against an hostile aggression from Sp a m, that hi Majesty's Government have determined to taker effectual measures for " nelintstining the faith of, Trea ties, and securing against foreign hostility the safety and jedependence of' the Kingdom of Portugal, the oldest Ally of Great tritain." A war, between Spain on the one hand and Greet Britain oil Portugal on the tithe), if Spain e should be still so insane as to refuse the ,conces. sionsw eac-ifiees by whirls peace may even yet be preserwd cannot, wive persuaded, he either sanguinary, expensive,. or protracted; and it is most satisfactory to find that Spain has forfeited the assistance and protection of France by the sane hase and treacherous conduct which has drawn !nee her the joint resentment of Portugal and Eng- The 10 1 1ge of England and Franco have, as his M a j es ty's Message informs its, exerted themselves in cons junction to prevent the ag gress i on or Spain upon Portugal, and they must therefore hoe heett equally offended by the weak duplicity acid the hypocritical professiona of the sian i s h c our t. Whether the troops of [ranee will he withdrawn already from Spain, thus ;„„,,ilig Ferdinand the Monks to the u nmitigated consequences of their wickedness and folly, or be continued in that " flaky: to preserve its internal tranquillity dining the formation of such iestitutionteaes may be sufficient to curb the w ir y w i nd and vicious temper of its Monarch, and thus afford some reasonable guaraetee for the peace and safety Of its neighs hoitrs is ft question which a short time must determine, This at least appears evident, that the issue of the ereeem crisis cannot fail to be advantageous at once to the libere Government of Portugal, and to the enslaved people o Spain, since the former ran have no effeetuel securi:S' egains' its inveterate trod perfidious foe, so long as the latter shat be envied with the uncontrolled domination of so absolutt and perfidious a Ring---so contemptible a wretch as the professed " petticoat embroiderer to Mary the Virgin!' 4-Rfoiving Post. The readers of the Neu; Times will have been prepare( , for the important intelligence, we this day have to comma incest. It is now some weeks since; we first directed pub lie attention to the state of Pprtugal—to the itelications o increasing difficultly; and,dangers which : presented them selves—and to the equivocal relatietut which subsisted between her and Spain. On More than sue occasion, within theeneriod.'WehaVe hinted at the sinisterinfluenee il,A7fain.i,il id _ ~~ - viewing Spain as a free agent in the business--and ad verted to the embarrassing:position in which this country might eventually be placed, by-the solemn obligations she had contracted with her oldest ally, to protect her from foreign aggression. It is obvious there were two modes by Nvbich this aggression might be committed : the direct---tile -other, positive a nddirect---tile-other, substantially a violation of neutrality, but assuming a less determinate character. The first of these would have consisted in sending Spanish troops to fight the battle of the Portuguese Royalists, as they are called, and thus-declaring war against ,Portugal, ffir prefiuming to receive, from her legitimate Monarch, the gift of a Constitutional Charter. But a proceeding like this would have suited better the high and pahny state of the Spanish Monarchy, when her warlike population awed the nations of Europe, awl her adventurous fleets poured into her lap the exhaustless treasures of a newly-found World. The second Was the natural policy of a Govern ment bigottcd in its principles, but shattered ,in its re sources ; of a Government " willing to - wound, and yet afraid to strike;" the instrument wielded by a more powerful hand, which did not, perhaps, aim the blow, but permitted it to be struck. The Portuguese rebels sought refuge in Spain; and from Spain they returned. equipped, organised, and supported, to carry the devastation of civil war into their native country.. It was consistent neither with the dignity nor with the good faith of England . to wink at this perfidious' infraction of neutrality—this real aggression upon the rights and integrity oc her ally, whom she stood pledged to defend by the most positive and un doubted obligations of treaties solemnly concluded. Re . Monstrances were made, .and made in vain.; the conse quences of such a course were fruitlessly urged upon the consideration of the Spanish . Government; and, at length, the time arrived when it was no longer possible to refuse to the Princess Regent of Portugal . that protection which she claimed at our hands. In the Messagefrom the Thro»e, which was, last night, sent down to both Houses of Parlia ment, communicated to the one by Earl Bathurst, to the other, by Mr. Canning, it is distinctly stated, that his Ma jesty,.in conjunction with France, had, for some time p it, exerted himself to prevent this species of aggression.' l'hese representations, it is added, were met, on the part of the Court of Madrid, by ".repeated assurances of the determination of his Catholic Majesty neither to commit, nor to allow to be committed, from his Catholic Majesty's territory, any aggression against -Portugal." What fol lowed ? A sincere and faithful adherence- to these as . surances ? • An inflexible maintenance of neutrality ?. No ; for we are told, in the Message, that " his Majesty learet, with deep concern, that, notwithstanding these assurances, hostile inroads into the territory of Portugal have been concerted in Spain, and have been executed, under "the eyes of Spanish Authorities, by Portuguese regiments, which had deserted into Spain, and which the Spanish Oovernment had repeatedly and solemnly engaged to disarm and to disperse." It was thus that the representations of this country were answered : • it watt thus that her power was defied, and her patience exhausted. Spain knew that, in offering an insult to Portugal, she was insulting England ; for England . wag bound to assert .the inde pendence, and vindicate the honour, of Portugal. •We shall not now inquire, how it has has happened, that a State so feeble, so pyostrate, .so shaken in .its energies, had the temerity to provoke the just indignation of the British Government; conscious, as it must. have been, that the means of shaking her tottering fabric to its centre were in our hands. • Let events- disclose • themselves.— Spain was the ostensible „aggressor; and she has forced upon this country the adoption of a measure, all the " dan gerous consequences" of which, to herself, she has 'yet •to learn. England has not permitted herself to be idly roused froth her repose ; but, being roused, it will become her greatness a nd her s a fety to show that such experiments upon her patience can neVer'biniade with impunity.. The lesson will not be foe t;pain ...alone, It will - have a wider rnitge, and practically • accomplish larger results, than merely teaching• his Catholic Majesty that an " apparent eonth Willett " in aggressions-so affronting to onr.power will always be met with suitable energy. His Majesty culls upon the Parliament to " alTomd him their cordial concur retie° - and 'stip - pert, in . ' maim ainimr the faith of treaties, and in securing against foreign hostility, the safety and inde pendence of the kingdom of Portugal, the oldest idly of Great-Britain," We know in what spirit this appeal will he met ; and we • anticipate 4 unanimous assurance from • both' Houies of Parliament, of their cordial desire to co operate with his Majesty, in asserting the true dignity and best interests of the country, by enabling him to main tain inviolable " the :faith of treaties." He would bei a bold politiCian, who should venture to define the lonn daries• within which this state •of things will hereafter move--who should undertake to limit the consequences that may ensue from it. Many are the ,grave and porten tots questions involved, more or less remotely, in the pri mitive one, of simply defending an ally from ai?gression, Spain may recede from the dangerous position she has taken; hut if she be already 'Prepared for this conclusion, how shall we characterize the imbecile folly of having • driven trs into a awe, if not of actual war, at least of one very nearly ap proaching it ? On the other hand, should she persevere,. then, , be nt remembered, Spain is in the military occupatitin of France.' • Her garrisons .and fortified towns are filled With French soldiers. The British flag will be unfurled Portugal; but not a.British musket will be fired, not:a British sword will be drawn, against the Portuguese.; it is Foreign. hostility.: we have to oppose; foreign aggemaion We have to repel ; we do not interfere with the strife of domestic parties ; and where, we ask, 'in the progress of events, may we not have to seek this foreign hostility,ithir foreign aggression ? Here we pause for the present., The :ipecac& of Mr. Canning, this in • the House of 1-,!mnintins and of Earl Bathurst, in the House of Lords, Will -he looked to, - by the country, with intense • interest ;• .vith an interest proportionate to • the magnitude of the testion at. issue.---New Times. THE A 1 ESSENGER OUTIVIT'rEDi OR TH g Ey. IT UAL lAA r.--inst week, a messenger at arms, in a tOWII iiot 15 miles east of this city, was employed to search for, and apprehend a collier, who had deserted his master's employ. Ao- Cordingly, the officer lost no time in furnishing himself with a proper concurrent, and proceeded to the abode of the delinquent, ivhotn he found, and escorted prisoner into , town for examination. The hour being too hite to take him before a magistrate, it this thought necessary to procure a lodging for the night, whither the trio, the messenger, his concurrent, and his captive, repaired to v e nd' the night in watching, if not in prayer. The collier being Sr }loot, little, peaceable personage,the very mirror of simplicity F.--it was agreed that the party should, agreeably to the Christian. eke practice of thecuentry, Nos the night in I bed, tool of course, ‘ Ir. Collier was undreseed and placed between his two guardians. .--Secure, as they thought, and "happy and throng ee three in a bed," it was not long ere the vigilant Witten" and his cm .urietit were hushed in sleep. Nut so the silly, simple-looking 1 ...... bytive the multitude of his thoughts revolved on.the awkward rpess of his situation; and, perceiving that his keepers were both ik‘leep, he bethought himself of the possibilitypf making his escape. 'There was some diffictilty, here, for the door wee looked without. If lie next natural resource was the window ; but there was difficulty r lire also, for be recollected he was elevated - one story, and he /mat sensible enough rto know that broken bones sometimes Mendell long leaps ; however, " neceseity ii the mother of invention," and he resolved to try : accordingly, in the quietest ay possible, he extricated himself from between his sleepy guards, " 4 hoeing quickly leaped into his clothes, he next proceeded to esp alit at the window, awl wisely recollecting that the sleepers night awake, and that pursuit was possible, he returned, and LA et ', k the ltivAmitticniti; bundle up the messenger's trowevis, ton. rm* the "li tt l e all" (Ili. 6d.) he had to defray r' incidents," if hat and ehoee, together with the concurrent's shoes and coat, nod then treeipiteted hints& lo the ground of ' the Miter court,: k e h eure he we nt home, and quietly passed the remainder of the light in the twine Of his anxious wife—e, much better place, cer ainly, than in the dormice vile of jiustier. But judge of the cur- hiss of the hapless messenge r and hi s myrm id on , w h en th e y „awoke and found that their friend the collier was gone : and how was their mortification increased, when they felt themselves beg , wed of their a pp arel—th e IneSeenger -without a rag to Cover' his nakedness--the concurrent' )itintist his coat and shoes—and, be. *4l'ol4' bereaved of t he ir p risnli eri and'nennyless. They bemoaned I their hapless conditirm during the lapse of a day, ,while the bin& Ilady looked about her, and by pity charitably : furnished them with 1 ....,, obi ...ors. to take them home, which they awl. .....i.-1 in `~ ". :} s LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. IL, • ; COOKE, KIM. i. BKNKES. • . . Mr. Casteerra. opened the pleadings. This first, an action of trespass, to which the defendant had pleaded first-,,,..the general isgte ; and next, several special pleas of justification. The SOVCITOR-GE N KRAL (with whom were Mr. :NoLaN Mid Mr. CA3traiLL) stated that this was an action of trespass, which the plaintiff,. a gentleman residing in Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn, bad brought against the defendant, a parish-officer of St. -Andrew's, Holborn, for having illegally seized his goods. The Jury icmained :in deliberation for about twenty-five mi nutes. At the end of that time they signified that they had agreed on their verdiet The Associate then put the usual ques tion—" Gentlemen, do you find for the plaintiff or deandatite?" Sir RlCll 4 lnn Brittlle: (the Foreman), after A moment's hesita tion—We find, my Lord, that that part. of Stone-buildings, oc cupied by the plaintiff is within the parish of St: Andrew's), Hol born, and is therefoie liable to the parochial assessments for the poor. Some persons in Court expressed their approbation of this ver dict by clapping of hands and stamping of feet : this improper behaviour wig' immediately clAred. At the door of Westminster Hall was a covered caravan, to convey away the parish books which had been brought down, in the event of their becoming necessary in evidence, and wl ich filled a large portion of the passage by the side et: the Court. The Court rose at nine o'clock. THE. FETCHAM MURDERS. Continuation of the 'evidenne against William Page, alias Cobbler Will, and Mary Ayres, on &aspiciotl of having murdered John Akehurst and Elizabeth Haines. Robert Hall, the chief constable, examined.—On Tuesday, the 7th day of November last, I took the two pair of stretchers (pincers), from some bumpers in the possession of the informant, Thomas Watson, the constable of Weybridge, I fitted the largest pair to the cuts on the night-caps of the deceased persons, and found that the blows corresponded exactly with those cuts. I was present at the examination of the two prisoners before the 'Magistrates at Union Hall on the 9th of November, and, upon the small pair of stretchers being put down upon the table, Page those stretchers are mine. I will swear to.them." . And upon the large pair being put down before hiu►, prisoner drew back, appeared much agitated, .aarl, upon the Magistrate (Mr. Chambers) saying to him "What do you say to those?" prisoner said " they are not mine." I then said, " I took both out Of your kit." Prisoner then said, "1 had three pair like them, hut I can't say those (taking the large pair in his hand) are ►nine." I had a pair like them, but how du I know who may have put them there ?" A spot (apparently the mark of blood) was then pointed out to the prisoner upon the large pair of stretchers. The prisoner said, 4 ‘ If it is blood, the constable must have done it." On the Ifith day of November I was at Fetcham church yard, and there saw the bodies of the deceased persons. I applied one of the claws of the stretcher to the forehead of the deceased Akehurst, and both the claws to the wounds in the back part of the bead of the deceased Elizabeth Haines, and tOund them to fit the wu►utds in every particular. The blow on the side of Akelmrst's head also cone:Ton:led with the hammer part of the stretchers. John Orassn►ith examined—On the 7th of November last, I apprehended the prisoner Page at the Bull public-house, at Pet chem. I searched him, awl found upon him the watch and clasp knife produced. I asked the prisoner where be got the watch?. He said he bought it of a person in the country, along time ago, and that the knife was his. The next day (the Sth) I went to. Uxbridge, and took from him a quantity of things in the possession of Watson, the constable, the flannel jacket, and in the course of the same day, I saw the informant Hall, take the pincers also produced from the same things. There appears to be blood on the jacket. The ruffs are either torn or roughly cut off, and the pockets also. I think. the marks on the sleeves of the jacket are from an open small hand. .1 have no doubt it is not from a donkey's back, and there appears to be small spots of blood round the wrist. Thomas. Watson examined--I apprehended the prisoner Maty Ayres on Saturday the 4:th of November iu Weybridge. I asked her where she was going to.' She said she should go to Leather- head and get a hed - thlti night. I'asked leer if her name was Mary Ayres. She said, yea. .I said I sin an officer, and you roust go with ins to Ketcham. She said she was glad of it. • WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF THE PRNONERS. Hobert Bignell examined—l left Page near Seven Thorns, at Liphook.- 'On SlMlley •morning, the tith, prisoners came up with us at Old Alreaford. 'On Weft* lay Morning I went 'up to Way hill by myself, and net Pao coming down towards Andover, riding on his gray pony. I did not see the prisonere again until the Tuesday.following, at 401iilmry fair, where we tented toge ther in a chalk-pit, and toontetirues met at differeticfaira, until -we met at Marlow. We got there on Sunday night; the little girl from podalming and Alary Ayres went into Matlow, end when she came hack she was, crying. Page asked her what was the Matter with her, and idle said " Worse new* than ever—her grandfather was murdered." We wet a man, .whn.said, " Will, Will, I am glad to see you," and called him on one side ; and I heard Page say, " I have heard of it before." And, as we were coining back, we met another man, who said, " I suppose you have heard what lam going to tell you." P age sa id ,. " I don't know what, it is yet." The man then *aid that Mary Ayres's grandfather was murdered. Page said, " I have been told of it by a chimney-sweep and three girls," and if they wanted him they Must come after him, as he should not put himself out of the way about it, for he should go to another fair or two, and work round. The first man said that there was 20/. reward to take him, and that he had . hoard there was Mg - Page said " They are paid for looking after me, and they must find me." I told hint that, if.l was in his place, I would-clear up my points before I would lay under the scandal of such a thing, for it is in the mouth of every person we meet. • Page said he sheuld work his way to Qakingliam fair, .and then Mary and he should go over to her mother's, and know the rights of it. Mary Pipe% said—On the Tuesday evening that we arrived at Weyhill fair, I and Elizabeth Morly went into the fair, and met Mary Ayres.atul Lucy together. Mary asked Morly where she bad been all day? She replied she had been with us. Mary said, suppose I should he obliged to go or fly away a hundred. Mike in the night, where should 1 find you? I made answer an d eithi, that it was not very likely that she should go away in the night. On Wednesday night I went to the fair with Morly. I saw the prisoners there. Murly told me that she had drank with Page at the Star. -On Thursday night, I went into the fair after tee, but did not see the prisonersthere. We stopped at th e f a ir until Monday following, , end on Tuesday met the prisoners near Salishitry, and tented together in a chalk pit. On Friday even ing I was at Waybill fair, but did not sat the prisoners there. I heard when at Marlow, the report of the murders, anW heard Page say, " it is well known . it was not us, s we were miles enough off at the time." I saw Lucy several times at Waybill fair, but I did not see Mary Ayres after Wednesday night. I did not see Page after Wednesday nig'at at fair, and then he had a lug stick in his great coat pocket. Mary Ayres said, on the night she Cams home front Madow,, when she heard of the mur den, that there was a clock and a feather-bed in the house of her grandfather which belonged to her, and that they could pot do her out of them ; that they could not hell the house without her consent ; that she would take care that she would not give her Fonsent, but that her Mother might go and live there if she liked, find she' dared to say' he w ou ld. George Coleman examined.—l left Weybill 'on Friday night, d went on to Mathborough that night. At Marlborough I saw fighting with au Irishman, on a Sunday morning. After the fight was over, the Irishman went away. Page had on the same jacket whilst fighting that he has on semv. Elisabeth Morly,—The first time I WV the prisoners was at iant Eghant races; and neat at Calm ine Ilill . faii., and continued ravelling with t he m to Weyhill. We . reached Andover on Sun. lay night ;' on Monday Wonting we walked to rt` lane near Way. ill. I slept in their (Pages) tent on Monday night ; pri oneriquerrelled, because prisoner (Mary Ayres) and I went ROWn t .) ito the town together. FannyßigneWand I went into the fair in the / evening : Mary Ayres and Lucy were standing together ; Mary paid to me, "You are a pretty 'creature, an't youwhere have you ;been alt day ? Suppose any think should happen that 1 Vika !forced to go or fly a hundred miles away in the night, white shOillil it know where to find you ; and where you have been to-tiny iyou may go to-13ight...yatCwill neither do yourself any good In a nobody else. I continued with Fanny and Bignell thir !ing Salisbury Fair.. We all went towards Devizes ; they went I", a nd we stopped at a public-house. We went on together on Sunday as far as Marlow, where we tented together on Sunday 'night; 1, Pne, smith Mary,-walked into , the town together ,- on t-eturning, we met a you n g woman , who spoke to . M ar y, an d she told me the young woman had told her,- that tome permit had killed her grandfather anti the old woman. Mary liiiist 'into' tears. I asked the young woman' if it was true, and AP told me it was, and repeated the worth, over again, and said Mary and: Will weie suspected. ' ' When Mary Ayres came horne tat the tent, she opened the tent-cloth and horst out a crying, she be gan unlacing. her 'boots. paiti asked hei. what ,was the niatter ; she made answer that some one had been killing her grandfither and the old woman. Page said, never mind, girl, come into bed, Staines (I don't know which); I will leave our things there, and go over to your mother and know the rights of it. Hannah Murphy—l was at Marlborough on Sunday morning, when my husband and the prisoner Page fought. Page had on a kind of sleeved plush waistcoat; I did not . see any flannel cuffs hanging down below his wrists, and did not` see that any part of Page's dress was torn ; there was no blood spilt that I saw.. At the conclusion of the evidence on Saturday last, Mr. CitAIIBERS addressed the Prisoners; observing that none of the witnesses brought forward in their behalf accounted were Page Was on the night the murders were perpetrated. Page.—lt's all nonsense to suppose I was near Leatberhead on the night the murders were committed. Do you think my pony could have done the distance from Weyhill and back again in the time Y_-Why the distance would have been more than 100 miles: A person, named Charles Painter, well acquainted with horses, said that it was a most extraordinary animal, and added that he had no, doubt he .could go the distance with ease within the time on the aniline. Page.—Aye, you are a smarter man than I am. You might do it, but Such a countryman as me, would never do it in the time. Mr. Cuassexas gave direction; to Painter, a man of the pri eonees weight, to leave teatberhead, on his pony, on Monday, and proceed front thence to Weyhill and back again, in order to ascertain the exact time in which the journey could be perff.rmopl. On hearing the directionq given to Painter, the prisoner again said, " Aye, he might do it; because he knows how to ride better than I do." Mr. CHAmaims.--Why you have been in the army ; you must know how to ride well. You formerly belonged to the Waggon Train. Page appeared rather surprised when Mr. Chambers said he belonged to the army. Ile then said, " I admit that ; but I never rode fast, never going out of a trotting pace; besides, I was but a short time in the Waggon Train." He then exclaimed, " I don't care what you do with me when I know I am an intro- cent man." The Magistrates here made some olmervations on the marks apparently of blood that appeared on the panniers ; to which- Page said, " It's not blood; it is rust, if they. are mine." He then said, on being shown the flannel jacket, with the spots 'of blood on it, " That was all caught in the fight with John Murphy." When that part of the old man's skull that was injured was . produced for the inspection of the surgeon, Page looked stud lastly at it, and his countenance underwent a visible change. Wb-n the skull was taken from his sight, he summoned his usual composure, and frequently appealed to Heaven of his Innocence. The Magistrates' having consulted together for a - short time, Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the prisoners, observing, that no pains had been spared in order to bring forward those individuals whom they . (the prisoners) wished, but they had failed completely in proving an alibi; all failing in the proof of either of them having been seen at Weyhill on Thursday. The Magistrate then re marked, that there were such powerful circumstances of suspicion against them, that he had made up his mind to commit them for trial, in which - delermination his brother Magistrates had perfectly concurred with him. The prisoners were then taken from the office, and conveyed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol. Frightful are the ravages which Fever is 'now inak. , Mg among the poorer clams of Wexford and neighbourhood. We understand there were twenty-eigbt sufferers taken to the Fever Hospital on i‘londay.—Dubli . n Paper. It is our painful duty to announce the death of John Carruthers, late of Hales Owen, in the county of Salop, Esq., wbo departed this life about four o'clock yesterday morn ing, in the Fleet Prison, after an incarceration of nearly ten years, at the suit of a relation on a disputed demand.--Sunday Paper. A serious accident befel Capel Cure,, Esq., of Blake Hall, BobbingWortb, F.ssex, on Monday, when hunting with Mr. Conyers' hounds. The horse of the worthy Aiagistrate fell ; the consequences were, a broken arm, and one shoulder dislocated. During Mr. Cure's residence at Oxforri, a similar accident hefel him, and' so serious was the injury jie then received, that his life was for wine time in danger. _ . - A Fitchew was caught on Monday last, in the coal pit at Crompton Fold, by John Fletcher and two other workmen of M. Fletcher, Esq. . At the depth of :12 yards, the little animal had firmed itself a hole in the • coal-hell a foot deep, It was taken out alive, and carried to Mr. Fletcher's as a curiosity. It is not satisfactorily accounted for its being there, unless having fallen down in the night, it clung to the side, and there embedded i tself. —Bolton Express.. DuEL.—A duel was fought on - Sunday morning, on Wimbledon CoMmon, between Mr. M--r---n and a Captain in the Army. The cause of the meeting was a dispute at a coffee room in Bond-street. The .'ground being measured, the partien fired, when the Qtptain received the contents of his opponent's pistol in the right shoulder. The shots were skilfully extracted by a surgeon on the ground, and the Gentleman was removed to his house in a fair way of recovery.' A JUDICIAL. JOKE.---Mr. 'Justice Gaselee in a ra ther small man, and his learned brother, now op the circuit with him, Mr. Justice 13ay1ey, rather a large one. The other day at din ner, one of the 'Magistrates of this County happening to speak of them , collectively, designated them in the usual phraieology of Judges of Assize.—" Speak not falsely, my dear Sir, said Mr. Justice Gazelee," with eminent humour, " call us not Judges of A-Site, but Judges of a Gaol Delivery."—llerta Mercury. As a specimen of the wit of . ore of our Contem porarie,s, we subjoin its account of Thursday night's proceedings in the House of Commms. In the Commons, Mr. Hume, who has of late been so much in' " troubled waters," floundered most con- (oundedly in cape Hay, where he found himself as completely deserted by Hope, that he was forced to seek refuge in a most Weak and frail bark, in which; after a tempestuous voyage, be at length found himself cast away on the rocks of Silly. This cal culating Gentleman should really not be so very adventurous. Let him, as a modern• Athenian, • Confine his floating speculations to the Coast of Greece; where he has already appeared with such high interest, and employed his patriotic principal to the best possible advantage! • Low) ELoos tx ins YOUTFF.—What a coil the newspapers make about the abuses of the Chancery Court; it is indeed an Augettn stable. The recalls a letter written by a clerical friend of mine, now no More, containing the fol lowing anecdote of Lord Eldon. It is at all events curious. The writer says " Just before I exchanged London for Ox ford,. and .retired to. the house in that university, where the good Bishop Herkley died' i,n the office of watching over his son's education, I left one day, my friend . (as be culled himself) Lord Chani:ellor Thurluw sitting in Lincoln's-inn Hall, where I had no briefs, and I met Jack Scott, who had . no mere briefs than I, under the gateway that goes into Carey-street, where the eloquent Allcyne died of'a broken heart, because 'all his talents could not procure him briefs enough. 'So you are going to leave us,' said Scott,-' as I hear, to return to Alma Mater and to take orders.' -.-. Why yes, the Chancellor promises we his patronage, though he called me yesterday at dinner, in his piouslanguage, ' a daunted fool for quitting the Bar.' So you, Scott, must give your patron age to an old friend when he is a poor curate, and you fill Thor low's seat.'.—' oby Jove,' said Scott, ' 1 shall soon follow you ; if not to take orders, as I have not, like you, a Thurlow for a friend, at fleet to be a country counsel in some corner of my na tive county.'—' Then, Scott,' said I, ' you will certainly do wrong ; your perieverence and talente4ill carry you through by Ind by. I cannot trace a single brief to the appearance which the partiality of my frientle was plearied to think I made with my first in the' Court of IChaneery. As to you, my friend, you have ever yet bad any briefs ; perhaps . the fi rst will be followed by uch success as Alleyne deserved to have found after the Negro ' tree, and'irs Faskineboth &levee and finds after the Greenwich ilcispitid cause.' 'T hus Scott and I talked in 1781." Twenty tears after, Seotftwits Lord Chancellor in reality, making good, indeed that there is " a tide in the affairs of men."--New Monthly Magazine. E hind • LORD ERtriKINE IN HIS Aor.---The last time I •:,w him, 'Ashley, .was at the Bank o f _lig , , s h o w y Previous to hie death. I had business there; and in wait ing I observed in the crowd a man of needy appearance, with an old threadbare ' s triped' great-Coat , making up in its excels of quantity what it wanted in quality; 4 hat conformable to his ha bilimeut ; a tattered c otton umbrella under one, arm, while the other was extended to re q uire g old in change for a f ire - poun d .note, for which be awail44l PatientlY as the ptippy of a jack-41- 'OWe eyed the ii-cli an cellor of Great Britain keenly and inquir- Ingly. A rude common : men trete Vim made Willa coarse ob alentivantiff il , meiteantheh delay both tkit!rienceti ;, his an s w er was. M ila lint I tlionftht there *is a shade of itiniiiti as his comftoine e, and the eye that need to glisten so eheerfnlly . (let D e Quiney'say wherefine) Was sad and doivitcast. I wished to heaven the note had had some cipheitrattiched to its unit, for it ~„,n ed as if they might have gladdened his heart at thatinornent,- is w ee not. the 'Minister but the man' I. Pitied; he had been se metometl to the most refined of ell life's enjoyments : the idol of a nation atonntime ; the boon friend a malty ; the efijet . officer fitrgotten,.a nt l i Wi rer t a. h enottra bl e t o him. ail. state, one whose Worts, in'the MOW of liberty and whew intuits) , ; yet be was th en o ld, a nd 1 tear E' lle it'l lf gitUenebene c an fital7toerhbise LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 91. for the 41b. Loaf—There ate others who sell from a halfpenny to iwo pence halfpenny below that price. --- - PRICE OF SEEDS:-.Dee.:ll. New Engli,h Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.)........... 6:4. 71s. fine 10s. 7.4. Old Ditto Ditto . 31e. 44a, One Sea. WO. New Foreign Ditto. Ms. 00s. fins Ms. Of s. Old Ditto Ditto 2Ps. 40s. tine 4•:*. Vs , . New White Clover - . 51s. Stir. fine CA. 0.4. Old Ditto .. • - . 30$. 435. Ant 4fa. Ses New Trefoil.-- - . 2Ea. 355. fine 3ds. 3tc. Old Ditto-.----... Rib Grass I..:iiglish Carrawal Seed Ms. 375. 395. fine -lc Foreign Ditto - 20i. 30s. Me. has ~./. " Coriander ----. . ...4. 'l3s. XL new 331. 404. St. Foin ....----.....(per Quarter) ....e. 421. 44c tint --4. Rye Gauss ....... 2.3t SOs. mew 364. 40u Parry Ditto - 366 4t. . new 40s. 45 1• Linseed, for feeding -t. 11.1. tls. fine VA. Ditto, for crushing ..4, Ms. Ntli. fins 30s. ('anary Stpd, New-90s. 1055.. fine - 110 s. -.1.-Old ...f. -4. ...4. fine -s. White Mustard Seed. . (per Buthel).-....... -a. Pit. lic fine-. Brown Ditto . Turnip Seeds, Rounds.. - Green and Red Ditto--.......--.....-... _. .....4. 4U. 460. fine -, 'Tares, Old---7t, 13d. fts. fid. fine N. Od. .New .-1. es. fine 120. ISe. R , le Seed. English, fine (per Last) SOL to 16/. Foreign W' [ • t 0251 .. _........___...___._ rnicE OF OIL Asa o Rape Oil, brown Os. Refined gi Linieed Oil •••••••.M.•• • •WWW0000......e.../..*......41.0 00.0100. I 4 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton WIIITECITAPEL HA' Sac 0. to 1083. At I Clover 90.. Od. to 126. od. Y I MARKET Od. to Mr. ea H PRICES OF HOPS- (per Cwt.),—Dee. 11. Pockets. SW. Kent 41. Os. 4/. 14s. to 61. Os. Kent as. Si. lfls. te Aussex 3L 16. i. 41. 4s. to 4/. Ss. Sussex' S 1 3 3 L $1 to IN. Essex— O. IL 15, to 5/. !° ;7 0, Etunham, fine (Pocketsi 71. 05. to 81 Sc.—Seconds, 61. Od• '" Old Duty laid at 269,331/. lAS. OM. 4..20tb5. • PRICE OF POTATOES.—The. 11. Oxnebles and Shaw. ........—......—.. 3t.' ss. to fit. 10s. per Ton. Marsh Champions . 41. Os. to 41. 10a. ditto. --.------ PRICES OF LEATHER. d e.' Yet 11). d. •d. Per lb. • to 29 to 112 ; Tanned Bone 12" t Ditto—et) to '23 to 24 ' Spanirh Dresrliiir Hides— 13 to 15 Irr dozen. ih Fine Coach Hide* —.... 15 to ' Calf SI:11 16 ---• 9tt t° 4° 1 .. it) Ditto 45 to 501 b.— 15 to 11 Ditto Crop Hida, 35 to 401 b... In to , Ditto 5 0 to IV , ' .„ nian4,.. Ditto 17 to 19 I Small Stab; Of in to to 2$ tn to VT to 21 • ft Ail/ HIDI S. sd. d• Per Stone. s. d. s. d. Per St one. 40 to Beat Heifers anti Steers 9 ft to 3 2 Ordinary ....--•-•""*" 7 0 ettt , b' Middlings 2 4 to 2 6 Market Calf______l__•••••• Fe115...2g. CO. to 2g. &I. 3.1 6 29 0 Bunion 32 0 Charlotte —. 30 0 Felling Main 211 0 32 0 Ilvliburn Main-31 0 IJo!yarn —lO 0 killingworth 32 0 Liddell's Main— 411 11 Ord's Redhugli 28 0 Pontop Windsor— 21/ 'Canfield M00r...—. 31 ri 30 0 Wdlittglon— 31 3 Ships at Market. s 5 Laml l l, El 0. 3 .1k1. "1". 1 ° pc J. I ronod—so d, to 3d. 9d AL RK 11. 1 if. d. Tanheld Tracier...3l 11 Lambton 5ma11,....... le ff_ Stewart', Wa11...-.. g Cow pen .4--- -- . - "' I I ; A Hartley ~,......,—„,.......„. Lyon', MAW ....iv, : Noisul Ain--; i IValls End Be ton . „ ‘ 1 , 0 % ; .. tils Endl btLyoi7gz,l.s, v.: W.F. St ob.f.rt -,.,....: , W. E. stowart,V,lo Russell's Hettotesii 0 Walla End.....w. • .Unsold, 110. Wy 0 Wall, End .8611's— 31 9 WillgEndßewicke34 6 Browies...— 30 0 W. E. Rusrators... st W. E. Greetl'a---11 6 W. r.. Kilda 31 0 W. F Hotspur 31 W. E. Newman's PA 6 W. K Northmnb. 31 w. Peareth-- 30 9 W. K 33 6 W. K Ruagell'• » 32 9 W. F. Walker..... 33 0 OVA -..,—Vhips sold, 5514., . . • ARUNDEL MARKET AND CATTLE SifONV.— nee. s. c 4. Beef ..................—. 3s. RM. to Ss. ed. I Veal , O. Od. to ; i 5upp1y,.......—.... 3 8 4 8 I Pork.... 310 t e l good, and trade throughout tnlerably brisk. The Pitl i ;",„ Norfolk exhibited the best Beasts, but handsomely declined tO the prize. .4...,--• CIIICHESTE MARKET AND CATTLE SHOW.-- eCi v, od, goo ) Beef .....—,,,,......... 3s• 8d• to fis• 4d.. Val .......................... 14 . °d* t° .4 il lfutton ' 3 8 4 t'l Pork —.---...,.. 3 ___fl J . 01,.; Supply good, and trade with things brisk. A very m 1 617 wii, ' belonging to the Duke of Richmond, supposed to weigh 2 . ,, " • an 7. + the flower of the Cattle Show. - , • . . Dic• a , To 9 - 1 * r . 4 • ,r5l Wheat. per bzrrel 20 stone .-- as . 7 10 i 4 SOO Bert ....----... 16 stone ....... COS Batley --....—.—. lii stone ...... i S 2° l 1 :: ).' 1 0 6 : 44 5,531 Oats -----. II stone ..--, I sit 0 ~ Wit 9,979 Cwt. Flottr----, 9 stone --- ei 0 ' 514"2 R i ec °C ei : 1 71 t Ain t : s vIdt o seri f tmial :I gerl o7 1 . -i r. enc ,.: l l ',Y l,,H b.4-------:; :,. -1::: d d s ----r10-sit f 4 : 0:;:do---:.• Pe7lod-i...-81. lial't2 to te:kr i .9%:suul'oci:'' ••••••••••••••••...01, Sales of Do. 6,99 rf.J7is . from ti• v`" , r,..., ~....... Q`Y lTtirn Loat üb, 'hoz. ..--nd. go qt 21.7.- -- wbut. 1 tarr:e77___ooal t it:l f :P• . roF i si ; N: ... r, fah. 117 : ___ t. . 134.14 ' 20a1 HUSH MARK DUBLIN MARKET NOTE. ,ETS• +.FRIAI~ti~~ Troll qa 17 A 16 0 Is 0 er 0 4 hOS. 4,.......414,1L_1 am./=•-, Qoartern Loaf 4.1 b ' 1 eirt. 1 Wheat, arley. - ° Oats... per barrel per barrel per barrel ... 3d 20 atone. 16 stone. 141..t0ne.• Ist. ..70. .............-- t(4). mrkeTT......ck 2 ; . f1 6.....300.... . a 2 %d oi) . l i r, . d e...( 4 10 :. d o . istdc.lo7. d „(1 t d 0.....0.... . a s r : 00 . 1 8 : 0c : il d o • ' 18 ; 61 ... l o s d i 1 rfaterf^r 20 6-30 oin 0-20 11 6.-1 8 0 1/0 ,-10 136 1 iIF OIS I ;awl) , .28 4-31 3 1.6 0-17 15 2.-16 4 180-19 is 0-1 ~ i g or 0 i:nint 1 ••• 20 4-20 2RIO- 0 13 7- 00 20 0--0 0 I'l 0- 0 v 6,.., 00 ralee 00.- ot. 00-- A 00- 0 00- 00 0 0... 0 _ ~„ oa k 1... 18*-:- . 23 0-30 016 6-18 614 0-16 0 180 110 00 - 8 ; 1 4 ;:., 00 -e-*-41/, 11 6-12 6 0 0,- 0 7 0-10 0 00.- 00 0 0.... 0 Id a Per Cwt. .... -, =•- ---------7 " --------.----------------flutrer. - - -- Belk, - Mutton, Veal; • Pork. • • per lb. per lb. per lb. per cet. 01. • ........, . 4. , ---..............- .....................7 , 4. 4. 4 4 . .. 1..... d. ad..ad.d.ad. s. d. a s. (I. s. d. ,: u u e ,0 II '7, Cork ...... 0-0 0 - 0 0 .--.0 24 0-.2 0 068 "° g 0 816 0 • Limerick-, I -.44 le -410-0 20 0-24 0340 76 0 „„ .... 0 Waterford 0 -0 0 - 0 0 -.0 24 0 --32 6'9 1 8 """ A C) '-'. 0 ..- ~••• a Glway.- 34-4 se -44 0 --I/ 28 0-27 4 S "'" `,', p.. t a Clonmel - 0 -0 0 - tt 4 -5 45 0-50 OSS 0 .7 4 , 4 " -- 0 , 4 0000 58 0 Carlow 0-00-00-0 - 0- 0 0 0 0 ""0-- 8 - 0 Tralee t -.5 410 0-o -0- 00 90 IS ( A ) 0f --- Belfast ....- o .....0 o .... - 0 0 .-0 ,i 1 0-- 0 093 0 --,-------..-------------- ' • i f. • SCOTCH' MARKETS. -. _-----#:::-.."1‘ _ . -................. * Wheat. Erarley. .........0at........5. .................11eans. ........._. --_____, -iL_ ....-, 0 0 .. ,. . : Auerdw° - - - 45 IS 27 31 •-•--• "-' -- -.- ..... gg Annan —. 22 26 14 :7 11 12 -- ~.. ..- .. „ ••,.., Curar ....... 2 33 26 '49 -.. 31/ - --",, 77 99 -- . Dalkeith- 27 31 25 31 23 31 2 7 '' - ~... -• , Dumfries ~ 80 83 Is 0 fr 6 49 5 9 •-• r, '....... IS ra 50 Dundee 30 32 23 30 30 32 - „„h° ' 6 SO r', 1 , 4 Edinburir 27 = 06 32 24 31 . 213 - 111 g o 51 ~ 1 ' ; ~ , s Falkirk .- 30 32' 30 33 11 5 26 2 S ,1 1 0 /0 SI, z . -- Glasgow.- 28 :4 VI 35 26 30 4 0 :7 1 16 5' ' -- *-- Haddington 26 31 16 20 17 21 IS - --- ....* -- Inverness ... .... - ,- - - - ..- --- - 4 1; 12 17 -- , Kelso -.... 42 4(1 28 30 -4/ 32 - '-- • ~, 1 - - Kirkaltly..... 29 32 29 31 a l " - ' -.. tht g , - ... 2 0 Perth ......... 20 34 git go 28 whichoßl rme oar en t asele, d_ ii, i i t i.m t; rcuT t p l y :: I tria.:Ta t il h ifisl e ,are l i t.. a .a irh s .e, u tero r above pierce a r , :it . k...i:...0,,0r ........ 4 e i1t lisAmp4tt:i.,iftrittifrnlikeohroul urrl_vosertLett,;ll::o op i e v i h ; :ettirake : x i , : h ttie Icet t is b en,l e riii„itl% l : l l l rt : . meal at Aberdeen and Edinburgh, which ie_2"'.._'_:___6_..------------- r On the nth met, at Sandh---r-----nrsi,- La dy 114E4000' 4.)1 r. still-born. On the 7th insi, Pultene "‘ the lady a f gcb' l Perfect, Esq., of R son. On the 7th inst., at Ba t h, ilA RCTpEtaDin Emery, °' man) K ' 'Wit' tE;::leorsetaohtbiree,:toh Elisabeth Mary, daughter of the ' la" H. rlt well 66. 1 7 1 . ppe.n. , rt.ro f oo ll x o tni ss i a n11. 1 . House, in the County of York. L. slo ' ll ' daughter at oßliabtaPilsateS°Ecrittvr°strad' l(k..rotelt.orl:lll'°::."s____H4'!:L't _—_______— ositanyOrinieceatrbiiatyled7hffrc9intousrtn.hnias.ati-borrseurow,Dhilirt:4l::o" h.Torititnterig,cenfcti,frselliel,otwo I:4,,e,",4:ii_idj•-, o t v i extre me t fi a vt t iha n l 7 , : s E l u t I fr y : qi f orti tudeil'.Teirin su ffe rin g, h e i w hich 4 ! ,7 a r t h h 3 l e which a bore ro b ie ii*Wisiat4haere:ifetvdilS'ettei..nlrgiv"lifeniitetttiai'?:7l,lll;" t 01714tbfpercoMurtyy. T ea r ,. one poth,;:obenioe,,,,tiot,:f.doil,lbsracicagt ptataierw•td_noegiattalhileiOdfesonustuniftiyiriviiiitl•feeyzettsciottitbrbigiacbfititifbitleriviifill:lllol:7l:::::ll Ireland this , eminently is he wits qualified In superior:. t i a d ie entit;6 : : ; '' ambition never led hint to aspire, H e ~, A, 21 i mo of the i ,F ~r y , PrileiPre. 'Of hbeaut,' and of greet liberality, and -eitraorull'or strength slid activity of Mind, whirl: he most effectitellY i i io,,, 0 ' eel 10 promoting the ronmterce of Cornwall; end so llifib i Yi i c,s, his seal and ability estimated resented the Lords of the Copper A , l 0, that they, on one occasion,- pf hint w ith a sor sies of i a ble at a testimony of the estimation in - which they held 1)!* v!" . to exertions ; his loss will be deeply It throughout the count!' ~,, well as by his family and more immediate connezions and Nie l? Mr.: Vivian has left two sobs—alitjor-Otn.' Sir Hussey V‘i ll i v d K.C.R. Equerry to his Majesty, and who represented Trur.oho 'the -last Parliament, and now .reprfasn, ta WtOdeOri O A . 4° Henry Viiian; Esq. of Moilno, ilia' Steaseell- .. .s' C On the 2d inst., at Eiriviiit,44llMOtfhfOtuhigh, 1,-.9111"- lonel Foulke!), of tint Royal Peribigh :Militia), ~'.-:., - . o f, .- On the Bth inst., at Putney, Alerrilitlettat • tie w ttfi ll ; I r l i , l_Lieut.-Colonet p. T, Conlin) a the . b q . "- ' : * ' ' . 7 l - : ! l't' 4.111 '. l (entry, 'Bengaio.- r: - , ,-,.:15, --:. ~, , P r i n t s d and Pubhidted by M. Y OUNG, lit * 4 sus „, p reses" So. 112, Sramm,